winter spinet

[Michael Magness]

On Dec 13, 2007 10:12 AM, Noah Haverkamp <noahhaverkamp at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>   From: "David Nereson" <dnereson at 4dv.net> To: "Pianotech List" <
> pianotech at ptg.org> Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 00:45:10 -0700 Subject: Re:
> plastic flanges
> "....I just finished replacing all the hammer and wippen flanges on a 1948
> Winter spinet.  (Why people want to put money into these things, I don't
> know.) ...."
>
> Why? Because I intend to keep my wife, my only one, for atleast one
> lifetime. I wonder if there's a connection between superfluous trash and
> divorce rates? If something can be fixed, and it serves a valuable purpose,
> then it should be fixed. I own a 1935 Winter spinet and have no problems
> with it. I recently did some work on and sold a 1949 Winter spinet and the
> owner is delighted. Our society's preoccuapation with "if it's broke, don't
> fix it" is like a disease.
>
>
>
> Noah Haverkamp
> Know-a Piano
> http://www.knowapiano.com
> 347-308-0094
> Fax: 718-701-2071


I agree with you Noah but for  a different reason. I began my career as a
piano tech almost 39 years ago we rebuilt a Steinway grand in class at the
course I took. I didn't see or touch another Steinway for 15 years afterward
but instead worked primarily on old uprights, spinets and consoles. I had
promised myself when I began that I wouldn't become a piano"snob" but
instead work on whatever came my way. I have adhered to that promise ever
since. I educate my customers, I explain the he good and bad points of their
pianos if they want to proceed, I'll do the work. It all spends the same.
Mike

-- 
A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging
their prejudices.
Michael Magness
Magness Piano Service
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www.IFixPianos.com
email mike at ifixpianos.com
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